Schumacher have announced that 4-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard has chosen their Eclipse 3 as his weapon of choice for the 2020 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships in the UK. The Infinity factory driver as well as Schumacher are looking forward for this special race with the 2014 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Champion being keen to add another pan car Worlds title to his belt.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Tekno RC have announced the release of three new CNC Delrin piston sets to fine-tune the performance of their 1/10th scale vehicles. The pistons improve the consistency and handling of the EB410.2 and ET410 vehicles as the pistons are machined from self-lubricating Delrin plastic, flat on both sides and drilled with eight 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 millimetre holes. Intended to replace the moulded kit pistons, they are a direct fit for the shocks on all EB410 and ET410 vehicles and do not require any additional hardware.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
Coming from Usukani are their new 60mm high-performance big bore shock absorbers for 1/10th scale drift cars. Featuring threaded 7075 aluminium shock bodies, upper and lower caps the dampers offer great precision and a professional look while the ceramic coating of the shock bodies ensures smooth damping characteristics as do the titanium-nitride coated shock shafts. Other features include POM 4×1.2mm shock pistons, an aluminium bracket set as well as a 4.8mm inner thread shock stand off set. The set includes four shock absorbers without springs.
Source: Usukani [usukani.com]
Reds Racing have announced the signing of Australian multi-time champion Kyle McBride for the 2020 and 2021 racing seasons. Kyle will be using Reds Racing’s line of nitro engines and he will be attending several major races in the next months. Kyle had this to say:
It is with pleasure an excitement that I can announce I will be racing for Reds Racing Engines for 2020 and 2021! I am looking forward to running their world class engines and can’t wait for the next two years to begin Special thank you to Federica, Marco and Mario Rossi and the whole Reds Racing family for bringing me on board.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
Coming from Xray and made for their XB4 2020 1/10th scale 4WD buggy is a 41T steel bevel gear. Designed for the use with the kit’s large volume differential, the precision-cut gear is best used when smaller front tyres are run, as the 41T bevel gear will result in an overdrive characteristic that will help to compensate for the larger rear tyres. The split design of the gear differential features a separate lightweight crown gear and a separate diff cover. The split design results in significantly lower weight and allows for easier maintenance and setup. The crown gear is CNC-machined from spring steel and ultra-hardened, making it super strong, reliable and very durable.
Kyosho’s Mini-Z brushless conversion set 8500kV allows to easily convert brushed motor Mini-Z buggies to brushless power. The set includes a Speed House XSpeed 85 8500kV brushless motor as well as a new power board, developed in cooperation with Scorpion Power System, with the actual swap being basically a plug and play, however it requires to solder the battery wires. The powerful motor allows for much greater speeds compared to the standard brushed motor while being more efficient at the same time.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
Made for Tamiya’s SW-01 stunt truck is a new Yeah Racing steel CVD driveshaft set with aluminium wheel hex adapters. The steel driveshafts provide increased durability and enhanced efficiency compared to the standard dogbone style driveshafts, allowing for improved overall performance and a smoother ride. The addition of the aluminium wheel hex adapters also does away with stripping issues associated with the original plastic hexes. The driveshaft set is available with blue or black anodised wheel hex adapters for added looks.
Coming from T-Works is their new glow plug magnifier tool that allows to check the condition of glow plugs more easily. The tool offers up to 50-times magnification and includes a light, which makes inspection of the glow plug’s inner coil condition a lot easier. The magnifier comes in a carbon fibre design carrying case and it is available now.
See a magnified glow plug coil here
